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Life Summary

Name	Joseph Max Berinson
Born	7 January, 1932 Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Died	2 June, 2018 (aged 86) Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Religious Influence	Jewish Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Cope, James Francis (work colleague) Scholes, Gordon Glen (work colleague)
Education *	Highgate State School (Perth) (student, 1938-1942) Perth Modern School (student, 1943-1948) Perth Technical College (student, 1949-1952) University of Western Australia (student, 1964-1971)
Occupation *	pharmacist (1953-1969) Western Australia, Australia labour party organiser (1954-1970) Western Australia, Australia labour politician (1969-1975) Federal, Australia Member of Lower House (1969-1975) Federal, Australia barrister (1975-1980) Western Australia, Australia labour politician (1980-1993) Western Australia, Australia Member of Upper House (1980-1993) Western Australia, Australia
Awards	H. C. F. Keall Prize (University of Western Australia) (recipient, 1970) J. A. Wood Prize (University of Western Australia) (recipient, 1970)
Key Organisations *	Carmel School (Perth) (board member) Australian Population and Immigration Council (chair, 1975) Jewish Community Council of Western Australia (president, 2001-2005)
Political Activism *	ALP (WA) (politician)
Workplaces *	Superannuation Complaints Tribunal (tribunal member) Parliament of Australia (House Reps - member, 1969-1975) Parliament of Australia (House Reps - Deputy Speaker, 1975-1975) Parliament of Western Australia (Leg. Council - member, 1980-1993)

* Dates are approximate